money on a Travel Air plane once owned by stunt pilot Dorothy Hester Stenzel. In 1937, she crashed her plane while landing at the Boeing Field airport in Washington. The plane was severely damaged, and Hing and her passenger received minor injuries. World War II During World War II, Hing worked at the Portland Air Base, checking and repairing flight instruments. She also enlisted in the West Coast Civil Air Patrol to fly reconnaissance missions. After the internment of Japanese Americans, Hing and many other Chinese-Americans began wearing buttons identifying them as Chinese. Hing recalled that "we were very proud, and we didn't want to get mixed up with the Japanese." The Ninety-Nines Hing joined the Oregon section of The Ninety-Nines when the chapter was revived in 1941. She served as secretary-treasurer and notified members of upcoming meetings. Aero Club Hing and Lang found jobs at the Aero Club of Oregon. Hing worked there as a switchboard operator and hat check girl until she retired in her sixties. A 1936 Oregonian article said she "knows every hat that was ever bounced upon the counter." Community involvement Hing helped immigrants navigate the citizenship process. Patsy Lee said that "she drilled them for months before they took their tests. And she gave them other information. Instead of going to a lawyer, people would go to her." Hing was general manager of the Chung Wah Hoopers, Portland Chinatown's all-girl basketball team, which played an annual benefit game to raise money for poor and elderly Chinese-Americans to buy food. In 1932, she and Lang assisted with a reception for a medical missionary traveling to China. Personal life Hing's sister, Lily, died on March 10, 1933. Her father died in 1956, at the age of 85. Her mother died a year later. Hing served as a bridesmaid in her brother's 1934 wedding to Gertrude Johnsang. She herself turned down several marriage proposals, saying she "liked her independence." In addition to her aviation career, she "sold insurance, had her own watch-repair business and was a professional photographer." She traveled internationally and across the United States with her parents and Lang. Hing and Lang were well-known for the parties they threw in Ladd's Addition. Historian Jackie Peterson described her as having "a remarkable ability to take in life and enjoy it." According to her sister-in-law, Gertrude Johnsang Hing:"There was just something about her. She kept everyone laughing.